Suspenders.



s. B. SHE LTON.

SUSPENDERS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16,1915.

Patented J an. 7, 1919.

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UNITED STATES T N FIoE.]

. STEPHEN-B. snnrroiv, orsroux CITY, IOWA.

SUSPENDERS.

To all whom it mayconcermfl .Be it known that I, STEPHEN B. Summon, a citizen of the United States, residingat SiouX'City, in the county of Woodbury and State of Iowa, have invented certain 'new and useful Improvements in Suspenders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to "make and use the same.

The primary object of this invention is to improve the general construction of suspenders, by increasing their resilient means and so constructing the same that they will snugly embrace and conform to the body of the wearer, and also admit of the body of the wearer freely assuming difi'erent positions.

Another object of this invention is to pro- 'vide suspenders for carrying out the above objects, that will have greater durability than the ordinary suspenders, and will be of simple construction, cheap to manufac ture and efficient in operation.

Other objects will appear and be better understood from that embodiment of my invention of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part thereof in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the suspenders, in inoperative position and having one of the rear tabs in section so as to show the interior construction thereof.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the connection for one of the front tabs.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the connection for the rear tab of the straps of the suspenders.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the numerals 1 and 2 designate the usual shoulder straps of a pair of suspenders, each having one end looped and adjustably connected to the body of the strap by means of the slide 3. The looped end of each of the straps, which are the front ends of the suspenders, when the latter are in operative position, carries a hook 4: which is formed of a single length of wire bent upon itself and formed to provide the bill 5 and has the ends thereof formed to provide a rectangular shaped loop 6 through which the looped end of the strap passes. The bill of each hook has associated therewith a guide member 7 which is formed of a single length of Specification of Lettersl'atent.

metal bent upon itself and forincd tollprovide the-ourved cylindrical shaped. eye 8, and the ends of the blank are arranged in overlapping engagement and are provided with alined openings 9, for the reception of the hill 5 of the adjacent hook.

Slidably mounted in theeyes 8, are arouate shaped slides 10 the terminals of which are formed to provide eyes 11, which receive the wire loops 12, carried by flexible tabs 13 having button holes 141- therein.

The rear ends of the straps 1 and 2 carry triangular shaped wire loops 15, the ends of which form apices for the triangular loops and terminate in alined eyes which receive I p Patented Jan. '7, 1919.

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pins 16. The rear ends of the straps 1 and a 2 are connected to each other by means of an arcuate shaped slide 17. the opposite ends of which are provided with eyes 18 which receive the pins 16 which pass through the apices of the triangular loops 15.

A second arcuate shaped slide, designated at 19, underlies the slide 17 and is curved in a reverse direction to the curvature of the slide 17 and is connected to the slide by means of a hinge 20. This hinge 20 includes companion portions 21 and 22, each of which is formed of a blank of metal bent to provide an eve 23 and has its ends extendingin parallel relations and provided with registering openings. The eye 23 in the portion 21 slidably receives the slide 17 and the eve 23 in the portion 22 slidably receives the slide 19. The ends of the portion 21 are arranged in spaced relation. and the ends of the'portion 22 are interposed between the ends of the portion 21 and have openings designated at 24, registering with the openings designated at 25, in the ends of the portion 21 for the reception of a hinged pin 26. the terminals ot which are upset against the outer sides of the ends of the portion 21.

Suspended from the slide 19 is a pair of tabs. Each of these tabs comprises a verti -allv disposed tubular fabric bodv 27 in which is mounted a coiled spring 28. The lower end of the spring carries a leather strip 29 having a button hole 30 formed therein for the reception of one of the rear buttons on the waist band of the trousers. The upper ends of the springs 28 extend bevond the upper ends of the tubular bodv 27, and are terminally formed to provide hooks 31, which ennage an eve 32 formed by the terminals of the slide 19.

By virtue of employing the particular construction of tabs for the rear end of the suspenders, the resiliency of the suspenders is increased; also by providing the slides 10, 17 and 19, and the loose connection between the members 7 and the hooks 5, thebody of the wearer can have free movement in all directions, and the straps 1 and 2 Will snugly embrace and conform to the shape of the body.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new is In a Suspender construction, the combination with the rear ends of the shoulder straps of the suspenders, loops carried by the ends of the shoulder straps, an arcuate Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each. by addressing the Commissioner of Patentl.

Washington, D. C. 

